Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 1,600 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 1,600 ha for plums and sloes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 2,941 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 1,513 ha, in 1975.
Portugal ranks 51st of 90 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Portugal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,300 ha | -8.0% |
| 1963 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1964 | 2,400 ha | -4.0% |
| 1965 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,320 ha | -7.2% |
| 1969 | 2,200 ha | -5.2% |
| 1970 | 2,070 ha | -5.9% |
| 1971 | 1,940 ha | -6.3% |
| 1972 | 1,830 ha | -5.7% |
| 1973 | 1,700 ha | -7.1% |
| 1974 | 1,623 ha | -4.5% |
| 1975 | 1,513 ha | -6.8% |
| 1976 | 1,560 ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 1,556 ha | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 1,596 ha | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 1,641 ha | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 1,736 ha | +5.8% |
| 1981 | 1,817 ha | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 1,915 ha | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 1,967 ha | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 2,016 ha | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 2,127 ha | +5.5% |
| 1986 | 2,314 ha | +8.8% |
| 1987 | 2,545 ha | +10.0% |
| 1988 | 2,725 ha | +7.1% |
| 1989 | 2,741 ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 2,791 ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 2,841 ha | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 2,941 ha | +3.5% |
| 1993 | 2,727 ha | -7.3% |
| 1994 | 2,346 ha | -14.0% |
| 1995 | 2,338 ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 2,312 ha | -1.1% |
| 1997 | 2,283 ha | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 2,356 ha | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 1,894 ha | -19.6% |
| 2000 | 1,959 ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 1,993 ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 1,965 ha | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 1,856 ha | -5.5% |
| 2004 | 1,804 ha | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 1,751 ha | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 1,683 ha | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 1,638 ha | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 1,592 ha | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 1,563 ha | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 1,565 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,560 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 1,642 ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 1,680 ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 1,693 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 1,788 ha | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 1,799 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 1,782 ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 1,800 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 1,830 ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 1,830 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,750 ha | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 1,640 ha | -6.3% |
| 2023 | 1,630 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 1,600 ha | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,402 ha | 2,200 ha | 2,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,703 ha | 1,513 ha | 2,070 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,190 ha | 1,736 ha | 2,741 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,483 ha | 1,894 ha | 2,941 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,780 ha | 1,563 ha | 1,993 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,714 ha | 1,560 ha | 1,830 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,690 ha | 1,600 ha | 1,830 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
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More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.96 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.96 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Portugal?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Portugal was 1,600 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 2,941 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,513 ha in 1975.
- How does Portugal rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 51st out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Plums and sloes — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.